Card package



Dec. 29, 1925 1,567,406

G. A. WILKE CARD PACKAGE Filed June 11, 1924 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS j Patented Dec. 29, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTA-VE A. WTLKE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

CARD PACKAGE.

Application filed June 11, 1924. Serial No. 719,371.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE A. WILKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Card Packages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in card packages. More particularlystated,

1. this invention relates to a novel and improved combination qf detachable business or callingcards with a case or container to comprise a package therewith.

It is the primary object of this invention to provide a successfully operative package of cards and attached stub in loose leaf form,

, provision being made for carrying the stubs with such security and rigidity, and for so furthering the detachment of the cards therefrom as to make it practical to use the loose leaf system in a package of this character'.

' vWhere detachable cards have heretofore been used, their stubs have commonly been "bound together in book form by means of staples or the like, and the arrangement has been such that it was necessary to remove wholly each such book from the carrying case or container before a new book could be inserted therein. This was the logical consequence of the fact that the stubs were bound together unitarily and could only be inserted or removed as a unit. Persons deairing to make a series of calls and finding that their book or case contained but few business cards were obliged either to carry a separate filler with them or else to throw away the old filler with the remaining cards and to insert a complete new filler in their container. It is much more economical merely to remove from the package or from the container those stubs from which cards have been detached and to replace them with a series of new stubs and attached cards.

The difliculty heretofore has been both in the provision of an' adequately secure and rigid mounting for the stubs and also in Like parts are identified bythe same reference characters throughout the several views. The particular form of the case or container 5 is broadly immaterial to this invention. The container illustrated includes a pliable leather back 6 to which a flap 7 is stitched in a manner to comprise a pocket in which loose cards, such as those received from others, may be preserved. Preferably integrally connected with the back 6 is a fla 8 which extends upwardly therefrom an over the stubs of the cards, hereinafter to be described, such flap being adapted to protect and conceal the stubs and also to carry the stub positioning means which forms an important part of this invention. A plurality of spaced posts, one of which is shown in the section in Figure 2 at 10, are mounted inv the flexible backing 6 and project upwardly therefromf These posts are headed at 11 to receive the glove fasteners of flap 8.

Each card 15 is formed inte rally to provide a stub portion 16. Each card is preferably scored both from above and beneath, as indicated at 17 and 18 respectively, to define a line upon which the cards mayreadily be separated from their respective stub portions. The lines of scoring 17 and 18 will preferably be vertically superimposed and will so nearly meet each other as to leave a very thin web of material connecting the card with the stub. I am fully aware that double scored detachable cards have hitherto been patented, but I do not claim this feature independently of other features referred to above and hereinafter to be more fully described. In the ordinary card package double scoring is not im ortant since, where the stubs are staple or otherwise bound in book form, such stubs may be held with sui'ficienlt security so that single scored J -11 be detach d with sufficient roe Each .ofthe stub portions 16 of the several'cards is providedwith spaced apertures 19 adapted to receive the posts 10. These apertures are preferably of exactly the cross sectional diameter of the posts so that they may be mounted. on the posts-gwithva close fit.

It has been found that such posts as that illustrated at 10 will hold the stubs withladequate rigidity to permit of the clean-cut separation therefrom of double scored cards,

1 thus making it possible toput up a card package on "the loose leaf principle. It fol lows that any user of this device may at any time remove from the posts those stubs from which the cards have already been detached and may replace the old .stubs with new card and stub units to anydesired numher to fill his container. -It has also been found that if the container is at all times kept full of stubs the rigidity with which the stubs are held will be increased.

' I claim:

1. In a device of the character described,

.a unit comprising separable card and stub elements, said unit being scored above and below along the desired line of separation between said elements, and said stub element being provided with spaced apertures adapted to receive positioning posts.

2. In a card package, the combination of a plurality of individual calling cards and attached'stubs formed integral y with re spective cards and separable therefrom, the

boundary between each card and its respective stub being defined b continuous straight scoring or cutting a aptedto permit the card to be torn from the stub, with a clean-cut margin and the remaining boundaries of each card being free, all of said stubs being provided with laterally spaced aligned openings adapted to receive'mounting posts, whereby to secure said stubs pend-' ing the separation of cards therefrom.

' stub portions against displacement, whereby to facilitate the separation of said card portions therefrom.

4. In a card package, the combination of memos a series of superimposed independent units of calling card weighteach provided with continuous straight and superimposed score lines across its upper and under surfaces whereby to divide each unit into a stub portion and a single readily detachable card portion adapted for use as a calling or business card, said stub portions being provided with aligned apertures adapted to receive .mounting posts for the independent positioning of said units, said superimposed score lines being adapted to facilitate the ready separation 1 with clean straight margins ofindividual card portions from their respective stub portionsheld only at such .5. In a device of the character described, the combination with a flexibleback and a pair of spaced posts projectingtherefrom, of a flap connected with said back and provided with glove fasteners engageable with the tops of said posts, and a series of card and stub units each provided with apertures in its stub portion engaged upon said posts, whereby to fix each stub portionin position independently of the stub portions of other units and each of said units being double scored from abovega'nd below, whereby to facilitate the separation of'cards from the stub ortions of units so positioned.

6. the combination with a backing member and a pair of spaced posts, of fastening means detachably engageable with saidposts, and a single series of superimposed cardboard units of calling card weight including sepa- 'na device ofthe characterdescribed,

rable' calling card and stub portions and each provided with apertures in'its stub portion recelving and detachably engaged upon said posts and removably vretained thereon by said means, whereby tofix each stub portion in positioninde endently of the stub portions of other units, each of said units being scored from above and below in continuous superimposed I straight lines, whereby the card portion of each unit is-readily detachable to leave a smooth straight edge provided by said. score lines despite the said weight of such units and the relatively insecure mounting of said stub portions on said posts, and whereby said stub portions may be individually or collectively replaced, I

when their respective card portions have i been detached. g

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